ArticleBrain imaging and behavior2022
An fMRI investigation of the intention-outcome interactions in second- and third-party punishment.
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- How the brain judges harm: functional networks among intentional and accidental moral evaluation.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
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- Intention-Outcome Trade-Off in Moral Character Learning.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- When resources run short: the inhibitory effect of economic scarcity on third-party punishment.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Modeling predictors of behavior of American consumers suffering from food intolerances or food allergies.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Neurocomputational Mechanism Underlying Decision-Making on Unfairness to Self and Others.Neuroscience bulletin · 2024Article
- Time Pressure Weakens Social Norm Maintenance in Third-Party Punishment.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Second-party punishment (SPP) and third-party punishment (TPP) are two basic forms of costly punishment that play an essential role in maintaining social orders. Despite scientific breakthroughs in understanding that costly punishment is driven by an integration of the wrongdoers' intention and the outcome of their actions, so far, few studies have compared the neurocognitive processes associated with the intention-outcome integration between SPP and TPP. Here, we combined economic exchange games measuring SPP and TPP with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare the neuropsychological architectures underlying the intention-outcome integration during one-shot interactions with anonymous partners across four types of norm violations (no norm, accidental, attempted, and intentional violations). Our behavioral findings showed that third-parties punished only attempted norm violations less frequently than second-parties. Our neuroimaging findings revealed higher activities in the right temporoparietal junction (TPJ) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) for attempted norm violations during TPP relative to SPP; more activities in these regions with less punishment frequency; and enhancement of functional connectivity of the right TPJ with the right dlPFC and dorsomedial PFC. Our findings demonstrated specific psychological and neural mechanisms of intention-outcome interactions between SPP and TPP -helping to unravel the complex neurocognitive processes of costly punishment.
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